We’ve had a great day :)

Lizze and I have had a pretty good day. We both slept in and spent most of the afternoon just relaxing, waiting for the boys to return home.

We even went for a walk at Stadium Park and enjoyed the weather.

This has been one of the best breaks we’ve had in a really long time.

Take a second and answer today’s Autism Parenting poll

Is your child with Autism verbal or non-verbal?

Verbal

Non-verbal

My sone is no-verbal but none of his ECI workers think he has Autism because he's too outgoing. He's always been very friendly to everyone as if he doesn't know what a stranger is.

Able to speak is nothing close to communicating well.

Was nonverbal til 5.

Became non verbal now talking again

Ecoladia, understands but can’t express with words but with sounds and noises. With 12 years of hard work we can sometimes get a verbal answer A WONDERFUL DAY!!!!

Primarily Verbal, but "words don't work" when anxiety is high. (Direct quote from 5 year old)

Three children with autism. Very different levels of need.

Non verbal except jargon until 8 after 2 years of speech therapy- now speech therapy is part of life. And he is verbal with speech and language disorder

Mostly non-verbal. Has a few words, and a couple of 2-word phrases (age 3, so should be making sentences). Great with scripting, sounds and babble, but words are tricky for her.

Son was non-verbal till age 6, then a miracle happened and he became able to talk and now at 7 1/2 he’s still “functionally” non-verbal but it’s improving and after gaining speech his aggression dropped almost 80%!

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Today’s Autism Poll

What do you personally struggle with as an Autism parent?

My biggest struggle is access to local autism resources and programs... They are IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND!!!

Understanding what causes my child's behaviour- as sometimes it's autism sometimes it's not . And the processing delay there's bad behaviour but the cause is unraveled so much later

Social Isolation. We rarely go ou as a couple because we do not want the looks or critisim from others. Also it is much easier to stay at home where our little one is more comfortable.

School; they are hurting where they should be helping and my child is not getting the education they deserve.

I as an aspergian child struggled with the incompetence of my neurotypical parents, stop making this all about you!

I was interested in reading your Paxil experience since I'm withdrawing too. From 80mg 1xday to my doc letting me run out and giving me no options for refills anywhere with anyone. Had seizures for hours last night. Be careful, you have kids and I don't! Good luck to you...